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Our top “closer looks” at the Supreme Court

Chief justice’s year-end report goes back to basics

SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, December 31

Hamm v. Smith and the future of capital punishment

The Supreme Court and whether the Fed is special

SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, December 30

Skrmetti and birth equality (Part V): How the case should have been analyzed

How deferential is the Roberts court to presidential power?

SCOTUStoday for Monday, December 29

Reviving lenity

The Supreme Court’s “reindeer rule”

SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, December 24